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While fans knew her as the fierce Princess Leia, Joely and Tricia were privileged to witness the sensitive side of the Hollywood legend.
“She was extremely generous, like you would walk in and she would just hand you something in her room.”
Joely and Carrie had even texted the night before she boarded a plane from London to Los Angeles.
It was on that flight that Carrie ultimately suffered cardiac arrest 15 minutes before landing and died four days later.
“It was sort of out of the blue,” Joely said of their conversation.
“We talked about age because she was floored that she had just turned 60. We talked about our children. We talked about our frail mothers and promised to see her on Christmas.”
Now, in the wake of two great losses, Joely and Tricia are preparing to fill the gaps the best they can.
“My sister Tricia Leigh and I vow to be whatever our niece Billie needs us to be,” Joely wrote in a guest column for The Hollywood Reporter.